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Jurisprudence & general issues
Paperback. Spells out how American crime policy has reached the lowpoint it has and where we can go from here. This work explains how the worst of policies can be undone and how the avoidable human suffering they produce can be diminished. Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: JKV; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195304909
- ISBN
- 9780195304909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.16
€ 41.16
Paperback. In this linguistic study of law school education, Mertz shows how law professors employ the Socratic method between teacher and student, forcing the student to shift away from moral and emotional terms in thinking about conflict, toward frameworks of legal authority instead. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; LAQ; LAS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195183108
- ISBN
- 9780195183108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.35
€ 94.35
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to the language of the American legal system. Editor(s): Feinman, Jay M. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBD; LAT; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195181333
- ISBN
- 9780195181333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.42
€ 15.99
€ 15.42
paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195081800
- ISBN
- 9780195081800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.72
€ 162.72
Paperback. Cass R. Sunstein is at the forefront of developing public policy to encourage people to make better decisions. In Choosing Not to Choose he presents his most complete argument for how we should understand the value of choice, and when and how we should enable people to choose not to choose. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; LAQ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190457297
- ISBN
- 9780190457297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.76
€ 32.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415657280
- ISBN
- 9780415657280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.91
€ 185.91
Paperback. Offers a critique of American legal thought and the American legal system's deification of reason. In an attempt to understand the current malaise of American law and the depressed condition of American intellectual life in general, the author diagnoses what he believes is an epidemic of pathological reliance on the principle of reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322146
- ISBN
- 9780822322146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
paperback. Examines such issues as drug use and gambling, enforcement of contracts, and the rights of owners and managers. The author reveals an all-star baseball law team whose stories illuminate relationship between law and baseball that has made the business of baseball a truly American institution. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNSP; LAY; LNTX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398909
- ISBN
- 9781566398909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 bw halftones. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPVH1; LAQG; LNMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199360451
- ISBN
- 9780199360451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.20
€ 34.20
Paperback. In this text, Fletcher maintains that there is much greater unity among diverse systems of criminal justice than commonly realized, and that any adequate system of criminal law necessarily must address a set of universal, basic issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LBHG; LNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195121711
- ISBN
- 9780195121711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Paperback. Offers a new method for the analysis of styles of legal reasoning, which is then demonstrated by the comparison of legal reasoning - and the legal system as a whole - in England and the USA. The text suggests that the English system is more formal, and the American system more substantive. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 458 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198257349
- ISBN
- 9780198257349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.58
€ 89.58
A legal odyssey of the Indian scout who became a Western legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726529
- ISBN
- 9780896726529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99
€ 49.99
This book addresses the philosophical questions that arise when neuroscientific research and technology are applied in the legal system. The empirical, practical, ethical, and conceptual issues that Pardo and Patterson seek to redress will deeply influence how we negotiate and implement the fruits of neuroscience in law and policy in the future. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAB; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199812134
- ISBN
- 9780199812134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 155.08
€ 155.08
Criminal Law: A Comparative Approach is a comprehensive overview of the criminal law from a comparative perspective. It features cases, materials, and extensive commentary on the central issues in criminal law from two representative common law and civil law jurisdictions, the United States and Germany. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; LAM; LNFJ; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199589609
- ISBN
- 9780199589609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 259.72
€ 259.72
Civilian Law, in contrast to common law, structures its law of wrongs according to degree of blameworthiness. This book explores the history of this structure from Roman law to modern French law, and argues that adopting such a division would clarify confusions in the common law of torts. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: LAM; LAZ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199562794
- ISBN
- 9780199562794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.46
€ 185.46
This classic collection of essays, first published in 1968, represents H.L.A. Hart's landmark contribution to the philosophy of criminal responsibility and punishment. Unavailable for ten years, this new edition reproduces the original text, adding a new critical introduction by John Gardner, a leading contemporary criminal law theorist. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199534777
- ISBN
- 9780199534777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.58
€ 195.58
The law of torts is concerned with the obligations that are created by the infringement of rights. This work seeks to show that this apparently simple proposition provides the groundwork for a new theoretical model for conceiving the law of torts, and a new way of understanding the subject. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JPVH; LAB; LAM; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199211609
- ISBN
- 9780199211609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 205.71
€ 205.71
paperback. William Simon, a legal theorist with experience in practice, here argues that the profession's standard approach to questions of legal ethics is incoherent and implausible, insisting the critical weakness is the style of judgment. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674002753
- ISBN
- 9780674002753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.96
€ 46.99
€ 38.96
paperback. A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, this book consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a criticism of contemporary legal culture. It is of interest not only to the legal academics under attack in the book, but also to sociologists, historians, and social theorists. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318415
- ISBN
- 9780822318415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.47
€ 29.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. This title concentrates on the broad patterns of policing. It asks questions such as: how was there a shift from communal responsibility to policing? and: what has been expected of the public and vice versa? It should be of interest to any one concerned with the history of policing. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBT; JKSW1; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Willan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903240267
- ISBN
- 9781903240267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.69
€ 53.69